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75 Sleep Scriptures

Sleep is a precious gift that renews our bodies and minds. The Bible offers many verses that provide comfort and peace as we drift into slumber. These 75 sleep Scriptures highlight the importance of sleep and God’s loving care. Let these verses bring tranquility to your evenings and remind you of the divine presence watching over you.

God’s Protection in Our Sleep

  • Psalm 4:8 – “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
  • Psalm 91:1-2 – “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”
  • Psalm 127:1-2 – “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
  • Job 11:18-19 – “You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.”
  • Proverbs 6:22 – “When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.”

Peaceful Slumber and Sleep

  • Isaiah 26:3 – “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
  • Matthew 11:28-29 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
  • Psalm 16:7-8 – “I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
  • Psalm 139:18 – “If I count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.”
  • Proverbs 19:23 – “The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.”
  • Psalm 29:11 – “The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”
  • Job 33:15-16 – “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings.”
  • Psalm 42:8 – “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.”
  • Psalm 104:22-23 – “The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens. Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.”
  • Mark 4:38-39 – “Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’ He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.”

God’s Care During the Night and Our Sleep

  • Psalm 134:1-2 – “Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.”
  • Exodus 14:24 – “During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.”
  • Job 34:20 – “In a moment they die, at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without a hand.”
  • Genesis 28:11 – “When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.”
  • Psalm 77:6 – “I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:”

Trusting God for Restful Sleep

  • Psalm 56:3 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
  • Psalm 121:4 – “Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
  • Psalm 23:4 – “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
  • Isaiah 57:2 – “Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.”
  • Jeremiah 31:26 – “At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.”

Sleep as a Gift from God

  • Psalm 127:2 – “In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
  • Ecclesiastes 5:12 – “The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.”
  • Ecclesiastes 5:20 – “They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.”
  • Psalm 116:7 – “Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.”

Renewal Through Rest and Sleep

  • Exodus 33:14 – “The Lord replied, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’”
  • Isaiah 30:15 – “This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.’”
  • Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
  • Genesis 2:2-3 – “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.”

Comfort in God’s Presence While We Sleep

  • Psalm 119:55 – “In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.”
  • Job 35:10 – “But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night’”
  • Psalm 139:11-12 – “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
  • Acts 16:25 – “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”
  • Psalm 77:2 – “When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.”
  • Psalm 6:6 – “I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.”

Reflection and Prayer at Night Before Our Sleep

  • Psalm 55:17 – “Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.”
  • Psalm 22:2 – “My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.”
  • Psalm 88:1 – “Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.”
  • Psalm 119:62 – “At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.”
  • Psalm 119:148 – “My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.”

Assurance and Safety in Sleep

  • Psalm 91:5 – “You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.”
  • Isaiah 54:17 – “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.”
  • Deuteronomy 33:12 – “About Benjamin he said: ‘Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.'”
  • Psalm 112:7 – “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”

Divine Rest and Renewal from Sleep

  • Mark 6:31 – “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’”
  • Hebrews 4:9-10 – “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their own work, just as God did from his.”
  • Psalm 132:14 – “‘This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.'”
  • Psalm 23:2-3 – “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.”
  • Psalm 37:7 – “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”
  • Revelation 14:13 – “Then I heard a voice from heaven say, ‘Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.’”

God’s Watchfulness While We Sleep

  • Psalm 121:3-4 – “He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
  • Psalm 91:4 – “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
  • Psalm 32:8 – “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
  • Proverbs 3:24 – “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
  • Psalm 3:5 – “I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.”
  • Psalm 27:1 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
  • Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
  • Job 34:21 – “His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.”

Sleep and Night as a Time of Contemplation and Solitude

  • Psalm 63:6 – “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.”
  • Job 7:3-4 – “So I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.”
  • Genesis 32:24 – “So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.”
  • Luke 6:12 – “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.”
  • Psalm 130:6 – “My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.”
  • Mark 1:35 – “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
  • Psalm 17:3 – “Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.”
  • Exodus 14:20 – “Coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.”

God’s Care Through Sleep and Rest for the Weary

  • Isaiah 40:29 – “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
  • Matthew 11:28 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
  • Psalm 55:22 – “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:13 – “And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.”
  • Psalm 94:19 – “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”

Conclusion

May these 75 sleep Scriptures bring you peace and comfort as you rest. Let God’s Word be a soothing presence, guiding you to restful nights. Embrace the tranquility that these verses offer and feel His loving protection. Sleep well, knowing you are in His care.

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